Conservative broadcaster Ben Ferguson drew criticism from his fellow CNN panelists when he said April 27 that more conservatives will be killed "if the Democratic Party doesn't wake up and realize that words had meaning and they light the fuse." "Twenty-five percent of the Democratic Party believes that political violence is appropriate," Ferguson said.
The Marquette poll found fully one-quarter of self-described "very liberal" respondents agreed that it is "justified for Americans today to resort to violence in order to achieve political goals." "Very conservative" respondents agreed at a lower rate, 10%.
Since 2021, Democrats have become more comfortable with political violence while Republicans have become less comfortable, according to Public Religion Research Institute polling.
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